Huawei P8 Manual

							Getting started 
16
Navigation bar settings
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under All, touch Navigation bar.
3 Select one of the virtual navigation bars to customize your navigation bar. If you select 
a navigation bar containing 
, you can touch to quickly open your notification 
panel. This feature is only available on phones with virtual navigation keys.
Airplane mode enabledBluetooth on
Receiving location data 
from GPSVibration mode enabled
Silent mode enabledAlarms enabled
ChargingBattery full
Battery lowCall in progress
Missed callsNew messages
New emailsNew voicemail
Selecting an input methodWi-Fi network available
Connected to a Wi-Fi 
networkUploading data
Downloading dataPhone memory full
Upcoming eventsNo SIM card found
Sign-in or synchronization 
problemSynchronizing data
Synchronization failedPortable Wi-Fi hotspot on
More notificationsConnected to a VPN
Headset plugged inUSB debugging mode 
enabled 
						

							Getting started 
17
Home screen
Your home screens are where you can find your favorite widgets and all your 
applications. We did away with the application list to give you a more convenient and 
direct path to your applications.
Status bar: displays notifications and icons. Swipe down from 
the status bar to open the notification panel.
Display area: displays application icons, folders, and widgets.
Screen position indicator: indicates which home screen is 
displayed.
Dock: displays frequently used applications.
Navigation bar: displays virtual keys (only applicable to phones 
with virtual navigation keys).
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
3
4
5 
						

							Getting started 
18
Switching between home screens
Swipe left or right to view the extended home screen. Touch Home to return to the 
default home screen.
Swipe left or right to view all home screens. 
Automatic screen rotation
If you rotate your phone when browsing a web page or viewing a photo, the screen 
orientation changes automatically between landscape and portrait mode. This feature 
allows you to enjoy tilt-controlled applications, such as racing games.
1 Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel.
2 Under Shortcuts, touch Auto-rotate to enable or disable screen rotation.
Organizing applications and widgets on the home screen
The following operations allow you to organize your applications, widgets, or folders:
• Adding a widget: On the home screen, pinch two fingers together to enter home 
screen editing mode. Touch 
Widgets and select a widget. The widget will be added to 
a blank area on the home screen.
 You must have enough space on the home screen to add the widget. If there is not 
enough space, add another home screen or free up some space on the current 
screen.
• Moving an application or widget: On the home screen, touch and hold an 
application icon or widget until your phone vibrates. You can then drag the 
application icon or widget to the desired location. 
						

							Getting started 
19
• Deleting an application or widget: On the home screen, touch and hold the 
application icon or widget you want to delete until 
is displayed. Drag the 
unwanted application icon or widget to .
• Creating a folder: On the home screen, drag an icon on top of another icon to create 
a folder containing both applications. To rename the folder, open the folder and then 
touch and hold the folder name.
• Hiding application icons: Place two fingers on the home screen and pinch out. Touch 
, select the application icons you want to hide, and then touch OK. Applications 
will not appear on the home screen after they have been hidden.
Managing home screens
On the home screen, pinch three fingers together to display the home screen thumbnails.
• Setting the default home screen: Touch at the bottom of the screen to select 
the current home screen as the default home screen.
• Moving a home screen: Touch and hold the home screen until your phone vibrates. 
Drag the home screens to adjust their positions.
• Adding a home screen: Touch to add a home screen.
• Deleting a home screen: Touch to delete a blank home screen. 
						

							Getting started 
20
Notifications
Status indicator
The status indicator on your phone indicates the following status information:
• Blinking red: The battery level is low.
• Steady red (when charging): The battery level is low.
• Steady yellow (when charging): The battery level is medium.
• Steady green (when charging): The battery is almost full or already full.
• Blinking green: There are unread messages or notifications.
Notification panel
Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel. Swipe left or right to 
switch between the notification and shortcut tabs.
Touch to view the notification details and swipe left or right 
across a notification to dismiss it.
Clear all notifications.
Enable or disable automatic screen brightness.
Touch the shortcut switches to enable or disable the functions.




1
2
3
4 
						

							Getting started 
21
Lock screen notifications
Use the lock screen notifications feature to place new messages, missed calls, and other 
notifications on the lock screen.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under General, touch Screen lock & passwords.
3 Touch the Show detailed notification info switch to enable lock screen notifications.
Accessing applications
Opening and switching between applications
On the home screen, touch an icon to open the corresponding application.
To switch to another application, touch 
Home to return to the home screen, and 
touch the icon of the application you want to open.
 If you have installed many applications on your phone and you cant find the 
application you want quickly on the home screen, swipe down from the top of the 
screen and search for the application in the search bar. 
						

							Getting started 
22
Viewing recently used applications
Touch Recent to display the list of recently used applications. Then you can:
• Touch a thumbnail to open the corresponding application.
• Swipe left or right to view recently used applications.
• Swipe up on a thumbnail to close the corresponding application.
• Swipe down on a thumbnail to display at the top of the thumbnail and lock the 
corresponding application. Swipe down on the thumbnail again to unlock the 
application.
• Swipe up from the bottom of the screen until is displayed to close all applications 
in the list. Locked applications will not be closed.
Personalizing your phone
Changing the home screen style
You can choose from the standard and simple home screen styles as desired.
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 On the All tab, touch Home screen style.
3 Select Simple and then touch . Touch Standard home to switch from the simple home screen to the standard home 
screen. 
						

							Getting started 
23
Changing the theme
1 On the home screen, touch Themes.
2 Swipe left or right to browse themes. You can:
• Select a theme.
• Touch and customize the theme style, wallpaper, font, and more.
3 Touch .
 You can update your themes or download new ones online by turning on mobile data 
or connecting to a Wi-Fi network.
Changing the wallpaper
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 On the General tab, touch Wallpaper.
3 On the Wallpapers screen, you can:
• Touch Lock screen wallpaper to set the lock screen wallpaper.
• Touch Home screen wallpaper to set the home screen wallpaper.
• Touch the Shake to change switch to make the home screen wallpaper change when 
you shake your phone.
• Touch the Random change switch to make the home screen wallpaper change 
automatically at periodic intervals.
Changing the ringtone
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under General, touch Sound.
3 Touch Default notification tone, and then choose one of the following tabs:
• Ringtone: Choose from the preset ringtones.
• Music: Choose from the audio files stored on your phone.
 If your phone has dual SIM support, you can set different ringtones for each SIM 
card.
4 Touch . 
						

							Getting started 
24
Changing the font size
1 On the home screen, touch Settings.
2 Under General, touch Font.
3 Touch Font size.
4 Follow the onscreen instructions to select the font size.
Entering text
Switching between input methods
Your phone comes with multiple text input methods. You can choose one of them to 
input text.
1 On the text input screen, swipe down from the status bar to open the notification 
panel.
2 Under Notifications, touch Select input method.
3 Select an input method.
 
To change your phones default input method, touch Settings on the home 
screen. Under 
All, touch Language & input > Default keyboard, and then select an 
input method. 
						

							Getting started 
25
Huawei Swype input method
Slide across letters to enter a word.
Switch between lowercase and uppercase letters.
Touch and hold to access input method settings.
Enter numbers and symbols.
Touch and hold to view more language input options.
Switch to voice input.
•Touch to delete the character to the left of the cursor.
•Touch and hold to delete multiple characters to the left of the 
cursor.
2
3465
1
8
7
1
2
3
4
5
6
7